Pune, May 17 (IANS): Two minors, including a six-week-old tiny tot, successfully vanquished Covid-19 virus and returned home here to a rousing welcome, officials said here on Sunday.

It was on May 1 when a Pune-based woman - had gone to Mumbai for delivery - returned home and found her newborn female infant suffering from high temperature.

She immediately rushed her to the Yeshwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital and the infant was found to Covid-19 positive.

As per protocols, even her 4-year old brother was tested and turned out to be positive, as also their aged grandfather.

However, the minor children's mother tested negative, but the remaining members of her family were admitted for treatment to the hospital.

A team of medicos led by Dr Rajendra Bable and Dr. Aniket Lathi, comprising child specialists and others started their rigorous Covid-19 treatment on the minor duo.

After over two weeks, the female infant and her elder brother were fully cured, tested negative and discharged from the YCM Hospital.

They arrived home this evening to a warm welcome by the neighbourhood in Sambhajinagar area of Pimpri-Chinchwad, said the officials.

This is at least the fourth case of infants or minors conquering Covid-19 successfully in the state, boosting the morale of the health authorities as the state remains the worst-hit by coronavirus.